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Bhutan: Torture / Fear of torture: Needup Phuntso

6 August 1998, Index number: ASA 14/007/1998

Needup Phuntsho was reportedly tortured following his arrest by members of the Royal Bhutan Police in Thimphu on 28 July 1998. He is being held at the Thimphu Police Headquarters, where he remains at risk of torture and ill-treatment